Russian Federal Tourism Agency to establish association of Hajj operators

Russian Vice-Premier Alexander Zhukov recommended the Russian Federal Tourism Agency to form an association of Hajj operators, he said at the commission for religious unities, ITAR-TASS reports.

Such association is necessary after the disorders in the Middle East. There is serious transformation, Director of the Department of the Middle East and North Africa of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Sergey Vershinin, said.

Pligrims have been facing problems with transport and quality of services in the last years, head of the press-service of the Federal Tourism Agency Oleg Moseyev said, adding that only cooperation of torusi moperators may improve the situation.